The agency’s policy requires detaining noncitizen parents who are primary caretakers or have custody of minors in facilities close to their children.

(The Hill) – A federal judge on Friday determined that Mahmoud Khalil, the pro-Palestinian activist from Columbia University, will remain in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention after the federal government pivoted its legal strategy.

A former Columbia University graduate who has been fighting deportation over his participation in pro-Palestinian protests was ordered released from an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility by a federal judge.

On March 8, 2025 Mahmoud Khalil was detained by ICE in the lobby of his apartment building in New York. Mahmoud is well know for his involvement in protest related to

A federal judge says the Trump administration can continue to detain Columbia University protester Mahmoud Khalil on allegations that he lied on his green card application.

An immigration judge on April 10 declared Khalil deportable as a national security risk in response to a declaration from U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio. The judge, Jamee E. Comans, found that the government had established that Khalil being in the U.S. posed “potentially serious foreign policy consequences," according to The Associated Press.